[ryandrake]

I used to think this but I’ve seen many “returning engineers” and companies love them because they already know the company-specific jargon and tooling, can navigate the internal systems and processes, and generally come up to speed faster. OP is already up to speed because he just left.

I only know one major US tech company with an explicit “do not rehire” policy (unless you are someone exceptional) and you probably don’t want to work there, no matter how shiny the brand is.